Lac au Cafe in Mauricie: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Mauricie, Quebec, is where Lac au Cafe sits. The water sits 384 metres up. With some 29 hectares of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. A shoreline of some 3.0 km keeps the choices simple. Weymontachie lies 29 km from the water. The big place round here is Trois-Rivières, 170 km distant. No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Lac au Cafe

  Open data we checked carries no depth for this water. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Open biodiversity records for Mauricie list northern pike, brook trout and walleye. The county figures include rivers and lakes alike. At Lac au Cafe the water rewards a slow, careful approach.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 17°C; the cold one sits at -16°C. Open water is the exception rather than the rule here. After early May the shallows warm and the fish move up. The lid tends to go about early May and return around mid November. Early summer and early autumn carry the open-water season. On Lac au Cafe that shapes the whole year.

• Tackle & Baits

  Ownership and access are not documented in what we hold. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. No made access is recorded, so a short walk in is the likely arrangement. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Provincial rules still apply whatever the bank status. Signs go up and come down, so check on the day. Lac Milk sits 1.4 km off and takes the overflow. Check the position on Lac au Cafe before loading the car.